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NEW! 2021 Coaching in COVID
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Active Start (4-5 years of age)
FUNdamentals (6-8)
Learn to Train (9-12)
Soccer for Life (13 and older)
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Roster/Game Sheet
From U8 to U18, the attached Roster/Game sheet MUST be provided to the referee BEFORE the start of play. Save this form to your computer. The form is fillable. You can complete your team name, your name and your roster just once (as long as jersey numbers don't change). You can then save it and simply add in the opposing team name, date and location before heading out for each game.
2021 Coaching in COVID NEW!
To ensure players' health and safety, players will need to remain isolated from others during Phase 1 of our 2021 season - Ontario Soccer is calling this a return to Training.
We understand this is an unusual situation, and so we've developed soccer lesson plans to allow you to train your players as we wait for the restrictions to be lifted.
For U4-U6: Download this PDF
For all other age groups: Download this PDF
Please note that a Contact Tracking log will need to be completed by each team at each session (both practice/ training and game), in order to track the attendance of players in attendance.
Here are a few hot tips to make this process as painless as possible:
- Download the Contact Tracking log and save it to your computer.
- Populate the fillable PDF with your team's division, name, and field location. Next, populate the names and phone numbers of all the players on your team list. For the "Parent/ Guardian" space we recommend you populate it with the following: Mom/ Dad/ Other.
- Save this modified log to your computer as Contact Tracking for Division and Team Name (ex. U10 Boys Amsterdam) then copy that renamed file (11 times for U4-U8 and 22 times for U10-U18).
- Include the date of each of your sessions at the beginning of each file's title (i.e. 06-14 to indicate June 14). Next, go back into each individually dated file and populate the "Date" section of the log with the date that matches the one you indicated in your titling.
- Finally, either print all copies and add them to a clipboard to bring to each session (don't forget your pen), or make the copies available to use from your phone, and conduct your contact tracking through the power of technology!
- Once your Contact Tracking has been complete and the session has passed, email student@dragonsoccer.ca with your completed log using the subject line Contact Tracking for Division and Team Name (ex. U10 Boys Amsterdam). THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP as it allows us to provide the information to Ottawa Public Health should there ever be a confirmed case of COVID-19.
***IMPORTANT*** Coaches, please inform parents that they must take the Covid-19 Self-Assessment prior to attending each session. If any of your players, or their close contacts, are showing symptoms then they required to go home & self-isolate right away. From there, they may visit OttawaPublicHealth.ca/Coronavirus for more information as they may be eligible for a COVID-19 test.
Practice Material Guide
These coaching materials are split up into 4 separate age groups. Each age group has three different kinds of content:
- Toolkits - Toolkits are the first thing to read before coaching a new age group. They describe the following:
- The characteristics of the players at the target age
- How much practice time should be spent on each of the four types of training for that age group.
- The skills in scope for the age group.
- Some Sample Activities for the age group.
- Practice Plans - Practice Plans are detailed descriptions for coaches of each coaching session. They include the suggested games and activities for each session. Each session is designed around a strategy of dividing the practice area into stations, and rotating groups of players through each of them.
- Activity Documentation - The activity documentation describes each suggested activity for the age group using diagrams as well as plain text. This activity documentation is sometimes supplemented with additional Youtube content.
Active Start (4-5 years of age)
Toolkit
Active Start Coaching Toolkit
Practice Plans
Click here to see all OSA practice material.
Active Start Sample Activity Sessions - Youtube Playlist
Click the Hamburger menu 
at the top left of the video above to see a list of all videos in the playlist.
Click here to see Active Start archived activities.
FUNdamentals (6-8yrs)
Toolkit
FUNDamentals Coaching Toolkit
Practice Plans
Click here to see all OSA practice material.
FUNdamentals Sample Activity Sessions - Youtube Playlist
Click the Hamburger menu at the top left of the video above to see a list of all videos in the playlist.
Click here to see FUNDamentals archived activities.
Learn to Train (9-12)
Toolkit
Learn to Train Coaching Toolkit
Practice Plans
Click here to see all OSA practice material.
Learn to Train Sample Activity Sessions - Youtube Playlist
Click the Hamburger menu at the top left of the video above to see a list of all videos in the playlist.
Click here to see Learn to Train archived activities.
Soccer for Life (13 and older)
There is no coaching toolkit for the Soccer for Life Age Group.
Click here to see a Sample Soccer for Life Practice
Warm Ups
Intro Games
TechTact Activities
Final Games
Click here to see Soccer for Life practice material
Equipment List
Soccer Bag Inventory per age group